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This is correct. My brain knows (or thinks) I’m going to stutter on a word. My brain blocks the speech at that word or a few words prior. It’s a habit that is gets constantly reinforced....

Great analogy. ¿Can you see the irony here? Our mind is blocking us from something dangerous and the dangerous thing is just giving our opinion to a third person. It surely is not junping from a cliff...

breaking moment

breaking moment man, 27 years old, I am from Colombia sorry for my English I feel that the speech block makes me look like a fake. It is something that I cannot control or I don't know when it will s...

You took a severe blow today. I´m sorry for you. It happens now and then too all of us. It seems to me that you are a stutter but don´t have the common repetition patterns that characterize stutters. ...

Something that helped me is to say my nickname instead, saying my name is ____, saying umm before, or even just repeating it over and over again to practice. I hate it the most when People say “did yo...

What speech blocks are the effect of a tightening, locking or just tensioning of the vocal cords. It’s what happens before that point that is the cause. What’s your guess?...

Sometimes we can't be effortless. You can't just eliminate all tension or struggle right away. So depending on what you mean by effortless, I'd say we want to start with getting rid of all the things ...

Very, very familiar for me. I remember when in fifth grade in our class came new class teacher and she asked me almost same questions. I tried to say just my fckn name for thirty seconds, tried to set...

Isn't it amazing how if you think "do not stutter", chances are that you're going to stutter? The key is to think "how can I say this in the most effortless way possible."...

It happens when you really want or need to say something, but you equally really don't want to stutter. So you have one intention to say the word (approach) and another, usually unconscious intention ...

I had difficulties saying my name

I had difficulties saying my name (I don’t have a stutter, I have speech blocks, I won’t say a word until I can say it perfectly) I don’t know how someone like me has any future in a school, today the...

I feel like I could stop stuttering but I'm too afraid to do it

I feel like I could stop stuttering but I'm too afraid to do it I think that if I wanted, I could stop stuttering from now, but my mind just blocks me. Basically sometimes, when the stuttering comes, ...

What do you think is your biggest challenge when you are speaking and stuttering a lot? Are you taking your time or are you thinking that you need to hurry? Are you feeling each sound as you speak it ...

Technically, blocking is considered a type of stutter. Your situation sounds very similar to me. I don't stutter that much either, but sometimes I will anticipate a block. It will either take me a w...

First post here, asking for tips

First post here, asking for tips Hi all, im a long time lurker and I need some tips. My stutter is not that bad at all to be honest, most of the time I dont stutter and when I tell people that im actu...

it always seem to me, that when I'm speaking with someone else I'm constantly thinking about what word is coming up that I'm going to get stuck on, like my brain is way ahead of my speech. If I'm by ...

I'm going to save what you said about what stuttering actually is: *"It’s simply habituated thoughts and physical responses to certain situations and certain words/sounds that are continually support...

It’s really not a monster or a demon. It’s simply habituated thoughts and physical responses to certain situations and certain words/sounds that are continually supported by you reaffirming these resp...

This is 100% true. I'm realizing that stuttering is an internal demon, a monster that I created in my mind at a young age. The good news is that the brain can be rewired, and I am currently working ...

You can use those types of tools to get you through, I certainly did. One thing of interest, if you can speak the word alone, but not with others then it’s clearly not the words. It must be something ...